Annals of Business C.E.O., TV by Thomas Whiteside. ANNALS OF BUSINESS about the promotion of Perdue Farms chickens. Frank Perdue, the chairman of the company, is the spokesman on TV commercials, for his birds. He has become a nationally recognized figure & a kind of TV star. His chickems are distributed along the East Coast from Virginia to...

The Talk of the Town Sightings by Mark Singer. Talk story about the UFO Convention sponsored by the New York Center for UFO Research and held at P.S. 41, an elementary school on W. 11th St., in Greenwich Village. Writer describes a number of odd-looking people who were present. The school lunchroom was filled with UFO paraphernalis, including...

The Talk of the Town Fish Window by Susan Orlean. Talk story about Fernando Lara, who does the window displays at the Citarella Fish Company at Broadway and 75th Street. He began arranging fish eight months ago, sometimes using vegetables as well. The displays have become one of the most popular of exhibits in the area. Lara, who admits to...

Fiction Family Sins by William Trevor. In August of 1946, the narrator received a telegram from his school friend, Hubert, telling him to come for a weekend. Hubert lived with his grandparents by the water in the Irish countryside. His grandfather, Mr. Plunkett, had had a stroke & wouldn't be coming downstairs. Hubert's parents had died...

Fiction Fast Forward to the Past by Polly Frost. You've got to help me, Doctor," narrator pleaded. "You're my last hope." It had started out harmlessly enough. She was moving ahead in her career, her weight had remained stable for years, and all seemed o.k. But after work she drove a pink Caddie with fins, ate in diners, put...

Our Far-Flung Correspondents HOT SPRINGS by Edith Iglauer. OUR FAR-FLUNG CORRESPONDENTS about a visit by John Daly, a commercial salmon fisherman & the writer, his wife, to hot springs in Eucott Bay & Nascall Bay in British Columbia, where he fished. Writer tells how he would fish for Pacific salmon, then deliver them to a cannery-"either...

Books by Jeremy Bernstein.

The Theatre by Mimi Kramer.

Comment by Adam Gopnik. A tribute to Fred Astaire, who died last week...

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

The Talk of the Town In Virgin Forest by John McPhee. Talk story about Hutcheson Memorial Forest in Franklin Township, New Jersey, just east of East Millstone...

Dancing by Arlene Croce.

Poetry The Least of Things by Arthur Smith. From here, hillside, I've stopped to admire...

Poetry The Difficulty of Moonlight in the 6th Arrondissement by Wong May. I've wanted to write about the recluse...